JoshPR

After the Excitement of the Longball Festival the year before, Oscar Gamble and Richie Zisk were among the missing, having opted for extravagant free-agent deals (As did Infielder Jack Brohamer). Shortly, manager Bob Lemon was also gone. On June 30th Lemon was fired with the club 34 - 40 and 5.5 games out. Larry Doby was named the manager but did no better, the White Sox finished fifth (71-90), 20.5 games behind. One of the name players acquired in the Off-season shuffling was Bobby Bonds but we traded to Texas for Claudell Washington, hitting .167 at Texas, batted .264 in 88 games for the Sox. Chet Lemon hit .300 with 13 homers and 55 RBI's and Wayne Nordhagen batted .301 although both battled injury all season. Jorge Orta (.274) also had 13 homers. Steve Stone (12-12), Ken Kravec (11-16) and Wilbur Wood (10-10) were the top winners and Lerrin Lagrow who had 25 saves in 1976, saved 16.

If Kenny does that Deal he needs to be shot. EOS Gammons sould be shot for Suggesting it

No maybe Beltran

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1977 Team was bad defensively. Alan Bannister was Brutal at short and Jorge Orta was awful too. Jim Spencer was a good Glove man tho and probably saved them a whole bunch of Errors. Bannister made 40 and Orta 18. Harry Carey would go.. He threw it away.. Bannister threw it away.. He could have walked the ball to first and he threw it away

With Paul Richards gone after one bad season, Bob Lemon became the manager and he wasn't the only new face. Bill Veeck, acting as his own General Manager, rounded up a collection of Free Agents and castoffs to bolster the team and they combined to produce one of the most exciting seasons in several years. Powered by a club record 192 homers (Second highest in the league) the SOx moved to third (90-72), 12 games out. Oscar Gamble hit .297 and socked 31 homers (most ever by a sox lefthanded hitter) with 83 RBI's; Richie Zisk (.290) had 30 homers and 101 RBI's while Jim Spencer (.247) hit 18 as did Lammar Johnson (.302). Eric Soderholm, who missed the entire 1976 season due to injury, was comeback player of the year with 25 homers and 67 RBI's and a .280 average. Ralph Garr hit .300 again. Steve Stone (15-12), Francisco Barrios (14-7), Chris Knapp (12-7) and Ken Kravec (11-8) were the top pitchers as Wilbur Wood (7-8) struggled back from Injury

Brian Meadows????? Is that the Best Kenny can do? :puke

:headshake

Priceless

Reallly?

New owner Bill Vecck brought in Paul Richards for a second tour as manager, ripped out the artificial turf (Installed in 1968) in the infield and replaced it with grass then tore down the fence in centerfield, increasing the home run distance from 415 feet to 440. Amid all these changes the White Sox had a terrible season on the field, posting the worst record both home and away in the league, finishing sixth, 64-97 25.5 games out . On may 9th, Wilbur Wood, who had a 4-3 record, was hit by a line drive and suffered a fractured kneecap. He was lost for the season and things went down hill rapidly from there. Ken Brett (10-12) was the top winner among the remaining pitchers as Bart Johnson finished 9-16 and Rich Gossage 9-17, Ralph Garr topped the hitters, batting .300 in 136 games; Jim Spencer (.253) and Jorge Orta (.274) hit 14 home runs each and Orta had 72 RBI's

Who Wouldn't

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WOODY!!!!!!!! MY GOD WHAT A STOMACH I only wish.... Let's get back to baseball

YUP! I read once that Veeck did that cause he tought players played harder in there contract year

Who is that in your avatar?? Damn what a Body

In perhaps the worst season of Chuck Tanner's five years as manager, the team staggered most of the year and finally finished 75-86, fifth in the west, 22.5 games behind. Jorge Orta was the most consistent performer, batting .304 with 11 homers and 83 RBI's. Deron Johnson, released by Boston, was signed in spring training and provided some power with 19 homers and 75 RBI's despite a .239 average as Bill Melton slumped to .240 with only 15 homers and 70 RBI's. Johnson was sold back to Boston in September. Stan Bahnsen left even sooner, being traded to Oakland after a 4-6 start. Jim Kaat was 20-14 in 41 starts and Wilbur Wood 16-20 in 43. Rich Gossage(9-8) had a 1.84 ERA and 26 Saves in 62 games. On Dec. 16 John Allyn, who lost some 2.5 million in 1975, sold 80 percent of the team to former owner Bill Veeck, who fired tanner the next day and made six trades in 2 days after the sale.

Not outta the Dark yet with Lowell

Hell he can't find the damn plate

Minny now ahead 6-4 Pollite BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Not easy to hit a guy who looks like a Gorilla on the Mound and is throwing 100 mph

5 k's in 2 innings. Nice points in the fantasy league for me

Marte Bringing it tonight

What's the score